* This term is undefined and may include items such as: artillery, guns, tanks, APCs, and possibly surface-to-air missiles.

** This term is also undefined and may include: major naval combatants, submarines, supersonic aircraft, anti-ship missiles and surface-to-surface missiles.

This chart is based on extensive discussions with Chinese officials from the Foreign Ministry and MOFTEC as well as a careful reading of  the 1997 Regulations on Export Control of Military Items.

This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, agents. Copyright © 2007 by MIIS.